Doubtful that he committed suicide, don't you think? I didn't get the impression from wintertime's post that he might've committed suicide after being abused by someone at school. My impression is that, if he were being abused by someone there, that someone might've done this to keep him quiet.
I had a classmate in second grade who was sexually abused by our school janitor. She never thought of committing suicide. At that age - and she was old for our grade - about nine or ten because she couldn't speak English well - she didn't know what he had been doing to her was wrong until she told her family.
It's also hard to believe this is a freak accident, though that's possible, too. It sounds more like there must be someone else involved - some other kids hanging him on a hook and leaving him there as a joke, for example. Or, maybe it's a new kind of game children are playing, sort of like the choking game.
Many, many thoughts and prayers for this poor boy and his mother. So tragic, whatever the cause.
Given that neither of us have seen the evidence, I am comfortable accepting the coroner's conclusion. As I said, the coroner is the least likely to have a stake in the story.
I knew three kids who were being sexually abused when I was a child. One by a step-father, one by a step-brother, and one by an uncle.
It does happen that elementary school-aged children commit suicide. It is, thankfully, rare, but it does happen.